The End of BlackBerry Phones Is Finally, Truly Here
The company is pulling support for its devices, meaning that at some point they will no longer be able to connect to cellular networks.
Nothing Can Eat Australia’s Cane Toads—So They Eat Each Other
The species’ relentless invasion of the continent has taken a turn towards cannibalism.
Want to Slash Carbon Emissions? Start With These Power Plants
The worst 5 percent of energy producers account for almost 75 percent of the sector’s emissions.
If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
New research tracking people’s behavior on the platform found that most don’t go down those ever-deepening rabbit holes.
A New Brain Implant Translates Thoughts of Writing Into Text
In early experiments, a paralyzed man with implants in his premotor cortex typed 90 characters per minute—by envisioning he was writing by hand.
Bats Raised in Helium-Rich Air Reveal a Key to Echolocation
To test bats’ sense of the speed of sound, researchers put them in an atmosphere that alters it. No word on whether the helium made the bats sound funny.
Negligence, Not Politics, Drives Most Misinformation Sharing
Researchers found that social media users are generally adept at identifying fake news. But that doesn’t always affect their decision to repost it.
How Food Waste Could Be Turned Into Climate-Friendly Jet Fuel
Humans dump an estimated 10 billion gallons of potential biofuel into landfills every year. Researchers found a way to capitalize on it.
Indoor-Grown Weed Is Spewing Carbon Into the Atmosphere
Most legal marijuana is grown in a controlled environment. A study just quantified how much damage that’s doing to the planet.